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Patent GB-190214561-A (GB)
Title: A New Game:
Inventor: ERNST LOUIS
Filed: 1902-06-30
Granted: 1902-10-23
Abstract: 14,561. Ernst, L. June 29, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Games played with balls and boards.-A board with a rim 11 is provided with a series of holes 19, opening into tunnels 16 communicating with a transverse compartment 13. The board can be rocked on a post 23. the extent of movement being limited by a flange 24. The game is played with a large ball marked U.S. and a number of small balls 17, which may be marked to correspond with names placed near the holes. The object of the game is to cause each ball to enter its proper hole, the large ball being used to direct the smaller ones.
Patent GB-190220878-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Stone or similar Substances.
Inventor: QUINN JAMES CARDWELL
Filed: 1902-09-25
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 20,878. Quinn, J. C. Sept. 25. Stone, artificial.-Slate dust is mixed with water to form a stiff plastic mass, which is incorporated in a pug-mill &c. 6rst with cream of lime and then with hydrated silica or metasilicic acid. The mass is moulded under pressure into bricks, slabs, pipes, &c., which do not require burning. The ripening may be expedited by steeping in a solution of alkaline silicate, or by steam. Quicklime or lias lime is used to prepare the cream of lime. The hydrated silica is prepared by pouring a solution of sodium nitrate into hydrochloric acid, and then stirring, and washing the precipitate. The Specification also mentions alumina &c. and silica &c. in addition to lime and slate dust.
Patent GB-190221371-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Pneumatic Tyres.
Inventor: HAMMOND JAMES HILL
Filed: 1902-10-01
Granted: 1903-08-06
Abstract: 21,371. Hammond, J. H. Oct. 1. Tyres, pneumatic.-The edges of a pneumatictyre cover are provided with wires a each of which is fixed to the cover at one end and is formed with a hole d and slot b at that end to receive a head c formed on the other end of the wire. The hole d and slot b are preferably formed in a piece of sheet metal f welded, soldered, or clinched to the wire. A wire end-piece a' with a rounded head h is fixed to the end of the plate f. The cover is sewn to the wire at the points i, i, i.
Patent GB-190224744-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in, and relating to, Lightning Guards, especially applicable for Submarine Telegraphy.
Inventor: LODGE OLIVER JOSEPH
Filed: 1902-11-11
Granted: 1903-11-11
Abstract: 24,744. Lodge, Sir O. J., and Saunders, H. A. C. Nov. 11. Lightning-arresters-Relates to a lightning guard, specially applicable for submarine telegraphy. It consists of a coarse air-gap of large surface, the plates B, C of which are respectively supported by the earth tube D and the pillar E and arranged so as to prevent damage to the guard proper, which is formed of a series of self-induction or choke coils F and spark-gaps G, and a wire safety fuse H held under tension by the spring I. The choking-coils are wound to give maximum selfinduction with a given length of wire, which is of such a thickness as not to offer any appreciable resistance to the signalling-current, and are in series, bridged by and alternating with the sparkgaps in parallel, the whole operating as described in Specification No. 5844, A.D. 1889. The sparkgaps, each of which is more finely adjusted than its predecessor, serve to shunt any sudden voltage, due, say, to a lightning flash, while the fuse, which is located in the final path of the current before it proceeds to the instruments, cable, or condenser, is of such a character as to be melted by any casual current unduly strong for telegraphic purposes. The air gap maybe exterior to the sheath, the linewire being first taken to a plate or other large surface near an earth-plate or surface before its leading-wire is allowed to enter the sheath containing the guard proper. Complete protection is obtained by having the instrument room lined with metal, for example with galvanized wire netting, which is connected with the cable sheath, the cable core coming in through its sheath and being exposed only inside the room. All other insulated leads entering the room are taken to the several protec. tions described, and then to the instruments or terminals of appliances, the other terminals of which are earth-connected through the metal lining of the loom and the cable sheath. Where protection of the cable alone is desired, the metal case A may simply be an enclosure placed round the spark-gap series and the fuse, and firmly connected to the cable sheath. The core enters the case and is attached to the protected terminal, while the instrument wire is attached to the exposed terminal, a separate protector being employed for the instruments, and interposed between them and the land line.
Patent GB-190225241-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Distance and Course Recorder for Ships.
Inventor: FORBES WILLIAM CHALMERS
Filed: 1902-11-17
Granted: 1903-04-09
Abstract: 25,241. Forbes, W. C. Nov. 17. Logs; course recorders; compasses, magnetic.-Relates to distance and course recording apparatus. The bottom of the ship is fitted with projecting pipes 5, 6 pointing fore and aft, respectively, and connected by pipes 3, 7. As the ship moves, therefore, water passes through these pipes and drives a rotator 1. This rotator is mounted on a spindle 14 fixed to a sleeve 15, running on ball bearings in a plug 17 with a square cap 22. The spindle 14 is connected to a second one 30 by a cross-bar 29 and stirrup 28 to allow of longitudinal adjustment. The spindle 30 is connected by a similar joint to the meter 46. To prevent the plug from being forced up the tube by the action of the rotator, a short cylinder 23 is fitted with toggle-pawls 33 attached by cords 35 to the cover 37. The tubes 5, 6 are fitted with cocks 8, 9, the spindles of which are connected by worm gear for operation. The log apparatus thus drives a small winding-drum 48, Fig. 2, connected by a cord 58 to a table upon which the chart is fixed. The table is thus traversed fore and aft beneath the compass 51, the card 65 of which is connected by the spindle 64 and arm 62 to a recording-style 60, which marks the course upon the paper or chart traversed by the log apparatus. The table is fitted with adjustable spring clips.
Patent GB-190300560-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Internal Combustion Engines.
Inventor: RENOUF PHILIP LOUIS
Filed: 1903-01-09
Granted: 1904-01-07
Abstract: 560. Renouf, P. L., and Tillam, E. B. Jan. 9. Motor road vehicles.-Single, double, and multiple speed friction gearing is employed to put an internal-combustion motor into and out of gear with the driven shaft. Fig. 2 shows a singlespeed gear in which the chain-wheel G is mounted upon an eccentric sleeve D and can thus be brought into contact with the pulley B. Fig. 4 shows a two-speed gear in which the wheel G is stepped and mounted upon a lever pivoted at f; the pulley B is moved radially by a rack and pinion H into line with either of the two steps g<1>, g<11>. The multiple-speed gear, shown in Fig. 5, comprises a hollow grooved cone G which is brought into contact with the driving-pulley B by racks and pinion H, H<1>. The driving-surface of the pulley is rounded and the cone grooved as shown.
Patent GB-190302025-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Attaching Wire Fabrics to the Framings of Bedsteads, Mattresses and the like
Inventor: NICHOLS JOSEPH
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-11-26
Abstract: 2025. Nichols, J., Nichols, J. H., and Nichols, W. E., [trading as Nichols & Son, J.]. Jan. 28. Bedsteads and cots. - Relates to devices for attaching wire fabrics to the framings of bedsteads, cots, mattresses, &c. The end bars of the framing are provided with a series of longitudinal slots, through which are passed metal eyes c', Figs. 2 and 5, provided with T-shaped or other heads c<3>, Fig. 5, which rest on the upper sides of the bars. The spring fabric is brought up under the end bars, and the eyes c<1> are inserted into or through the mesh. The eyes are then given a quarter of a turn to bring them at right-angles to the slots in the bars. A transverse rod f, Fig. 2, is then passed through the eyes. The ends nf the fabric may be coiled or wrapped over stiffening-wires e. The sides of the fabric may also have stiffening-wires g, which are coupled to the side bars by loops h, the extremities of the wires being hooked into holes g' in the end bars. Or the sides may be secured similarly to the ends. In bottoms fitted with a tension bar, the fabric is secured to the tension bar in the same way as described for the end bars. In another arrangement, the eye and head are replaced by an elongated loop j, Fig. 15, retaining-bars f, k being pissed through the loops on the under and upper sidesof the barsrespectively. To prevent accidental withdrawal of the retaining- wires, the ends may engage with holes in the framing, or may be linked with the end loops of the series. In another arrangement, the eyes or loops j, Fig. 17, are formed in one piece with a wire k which runs along the top of the bar b<1>. The loops pass through slots in the bar, and are engaged by the retaining-wire f. Each eye or loop may be connected with the wire mesh of the fabric by cleats, clips, or the like.
Patent GB-190302088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or in connection with Railway Switches.
Inventor: BOSSERT WILLIAM FREDERICK
Filed: 1903-01-28
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 2088. Bossert, W. F. Jan. 28. Points and switches. - In three - way switches, the stock rails p, p<2> are outside, and the tongues are connected in pairs q, r<2> and r, q<2> operated respectively by the cams h<2>, h, which work in the square frames i<2>, i on the ends of the rods n<2>, n. The cams are preferably made in one with a dividing- flange h<3>, and retaining-flanges j, j<2> for holding the frames i, i<2> are attached above and below. A square shaft 8, which turns the cam and thereby sets the points into any one of their three positions, is supported by bushings 6, 9 in bearings in the standard 1. The shaft 8 is turned by a pivoted arm a, and is locked in any of the three positions by the loose block 18 with three notches to engage a stop 23 in the recess in the top of the standard 1. The handle a is connected to this block by a link e, so as to lift it before the shaft is turned. When the handle is folded down, it may be permanently locked by a pin or padlock in the lug 20 on the block 18. Intermediate slides S working under the rails have upper and lower lugs n, t, by which the operating-rod is connected to the corresponding bridle rod B of its pair of point tongues. For use as a trailing-point, the end of the operating-rod n' has a block b attached, which slides on the bars S, B<2> and transmits motion to the latter through the encased springs 71, 73.
Patent GB-190302786-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Sighting of Guns.
Filed: 1903-02-05
Granted: 1903-11-19
Abstract: 2786. Armstrong, Whitworth, & Co., Sir W. G., and Common, A., [executrix of Common, A. A.]. Feb. 5. Sights and methods of sighting.-Relates to telescopic sights for naval guns. The balanced telescope a, turning about trunnions a' supported on a fixed bracket b, is kept constantly sighted on the target, a pointer c', Fig. 3, which moves in a vertical plane with the gun in a groove c<3> on the telescope, indicating when the gun has the elevation for the range. The pointer c<3> is carried on an arc c<1>, supported on an arm having formed with it a toothed quadrant d, which engages with a screw e on the end of a spindle e<1>, supported in spring bearings e' and engaging at its lower end by a series of V-grooves e<3> with a toothed quadrant f<1> on the gun trunnion f<1>. The position of the pointer with respect to the gun is adjusted for the range by rotating the spindle e<1> by a hand-wheel k gearing with a sleeve g<1>, attached to the spindle by a feather and keyway and carrying the range-cone g.
Patent GB-190304320-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lubricating Devices for Car Journal Boxes.
Inventor: HARRISON FRANK BENJAMIN
Filed: 1903-02-24
Granted: 1903-03-26
Abstract: 4320. Harrison, F. B., and Williams, L. Y. Feb. 24. Axle-boxes, lubricating.-Fig. 1 shows in longitudinal section the axle-box of a car with the lubricating-pan in position below the journal, and Fig. 3 a front view of the pan detached. The pan 5 which, in one piece, carries the lubricant and the textile material is supported upon springs 8. The springs are placed at the corners of a baseplate 6 which, fitting the lower portion of the box, can only be removed from the opening at the end of the box by removing the wedge and brass from the journal.
Patent GB-190308323-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bib and other Cocks or Taps.
Inventor: MADDOCKS THOMAS
Filed: 1903-04-09
Granted: 1903-05-21
Abstract: 8323. Maddocks, T. April 9. Lift valves; seats.- A removable seating for bib and other cocks or taps consists of a hollow plug e, Fig. 1, which is secured inside the casing a of the tap by a nut h, as shown, the joint being made by washers i placed under the flange f and the bottom of the seating. Four openings j are made in the side of the seating for the passage of the liquid.
Patent GB-190308617-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condensers, Radiators, and Heat Exchangers
Inventor: TALBOT-CROSBIE JOHN BURRELL
Filed: 1903-04-16
Granted: 1904-02-11
Abstract: 8617. Crosbie, J. B. Talbot-. April 16. Condensers. - Consists of a number of hollow chambers A, formed, preferably, of plain or corrugated, single or double copper plates, carried on pipes B<1>, B<2>, and held in position by lock-nuts and distance-pieces. The interior of each chamber, which may contain wire gauze H, is in communication with the pipes by passages D', B<3> formed in the distance - pieces, and pipes, respectively. Baffle-plates may be provided between the chambers, and the lock-nuts may be replaced by distance-pieces. When used on motor cars, steam passes into the chambers from the pipe B<1>, and is condensed by air passing between the cham bers, the water of condensation escaping through the pipe B'. If water is used for condensing purposes, the condenser is enclosed in a casing provided with a suitable inlet and outlet, the water circulating between the above chambers while the steam passes the chambers as before, or the steam may enter the outer casing while the water passes through the chambers.
Patent GB-190311309-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Drawing and Elevating Water and other Liquids
Inventor: ROZIERES GABRIEL
Filed: 1903-05-18
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 11,309. Rozieres, G. Oct. 14, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Direct air-pressure apparatus.-Fig. 1 shows a vertical section of the apparatus. It comprises a pressure chamber A connected at its base with a sieve, carrying a valve or cover B, and, at its upper portion, by the pipe E to the valve H and the compressed-air supply. A column F extends into this chamber and is provided with a valve or lid C. When working, the apparatus is placed in the liquid required to be raised, in this case, the well M N. The air in the tube E is then compressed to any desired pressure by some suitable machine. This pressure closes the valve B and opens C, and the liquid in chamber A is thus driven up into tube D. At a suitable moment, the valve H is automatically opened, thus releasing the pressure, and the liquid then flows from the well into the chamber A, the valve H then re-closes, and the cycle is re-commenced. Fig. 2 shows a slight modification of the form shown in Fig. 1, the delivery column being in a separate chamber. Another Figure accompanying the Specification, shows two or more such arrangements combined.
Patent GB-190311504-A (GB)
Title: A New or Improved Arrangement for Lifting Patients or Invalids
Inventor: BELZER ANTON
Filed: 1903-05-20
Granted: 1903-12-17
Abstract: 11,504. Belzer, A. May 20. Bed-lifts.-Relatea to a device for raising invalids above the level of the mattress. A frame g, Figs. 1 and 2, containing a stretched canvas cloth f supporting the invalid, rests normally on the mattress, and is supported by helical springs c, Fig. 1, which tend to raise the frame ; the springs are fastened to fixed plates b, and guided by hollow tubes e, moving one within the other. At openings in the end frame a, Fig. 2, of the bedstead, are uprights a', to which are screwed the plates b, Fig. 1. A rectangular opening f<1>, Fig. 2, in the canvas is covered below by a cloth h, Fig. 1, which can be turned back to allow a chamber i to be placed beneath the invalid when the canvas is raised. To lower the frame, attached ropes pass over pulleys p, q, r, s, o to a drum, which can be rotated by a crank m, causing the springs to be compressed. The drum shaft t carries a toothed wheel v gearing with a ratchet-wheel w, which is fixed by the lower arm of a lever x kept pressed into the cogs by a spring z. The other end of the lever has a knob, which, when pulled, releases the drum, and the canvas is raised by the springs.
Patent GB-190312855-A (GB)
Title: Improved Detachable Deck for Marine Vessels.
Inventor: POWELL JOSEPH WATERS
Filed: 1903-06-08
Granted: 1903-09-10
Abstract: 12,855. Powell, J. W. June 6, A.D. 1902, [date appliedfor under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Buoyant fittings; decks; rafts. - Relates to detachable decks for saving life and property. The auxiliary deck 12 has angle-bars 14, through which, and the sides 13 of the vessel, the screws 15 are passed. The heads of the screws are formed as sprocket-wheels 16, which are worked simultaneously from the shaft 18 to release the deck by the gear shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The bevelwheels 28, 29 are mounted to slide on the shafts 20, 21, and may be rotated, when power is not available, by the handles 31.
Patent GB-190313764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: CROSSLEY WILLIAM JOHN
Filed: 1903-06-20
Granted: 1904-06-16
Abstract: 13,764. Crossley, W. J., and Rigby, T. June 20. Gas-producers.-To prevent clinker from adhering to the brickwork, the grate a is placed some few inches below the bottom of the brickwork, which is supported by the plate f upon the superheater c for the steam which is passed into the ashpit. The grate is carried by a plate d which is fixed in such a way that the steam and air exhausted from the ashpit by the draught of the producer shall only pass through the grate and not around its edges or those of its supports. The draught may be produced by the aspiration of a gas-engine piston. The upper part of the producer forms an annular boiler k which also serves as the lower portion of the fuel hopper s. The horizontal portion of the boiler is formed with heat-conducting ribs m, over which the producer gas passes as it escapes through the outlet p. Water entering by the pipe t trickles over the horizontal plate and overflows by the pipe a<2>. Steam descends to the superheater c and thence to the ashpit, along with air drawn in by the pipe g<3> or forced in by the band - fan g<2>. Suitable doors are provided, and a non- conducting covering a<4>. The method of ensuring a varying proportion of steam to air corresponding to variations in the load of the engine or demands for gas is described in Specification No. 13,763, A.D. 1903.
Patent GB-190316864-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Velocipede Forks and the like.
Filed: 1903-08-01
Granted: 1904-06-02
Abstract: 16,864. Premier Cycle Co., and Baker, F. E. Aug. 1. Forks.-Relates to the construction of a joint between the fork blades and the crown of a velocipede. The crown, bored to receive the stem A', has sloping shoulders A' shaped internally to receive distance-pieces C and blades B of, say, semicircular section. The blades, cut away on the outer sides, are left with tongues B<1>, which, together with liners D, extend to the upper end of the crown. The edges B' of the blades and A<5> of the crown are shaped to abut closely, but, if desired, the outer sides of the blades may have a notch extending up towards the top of the crown, the ends of which are correspondingly recessed. The parts are pinned and brazed, or otherwise secured.
Patent GB-190318570-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Settling or Precipitating Tanks or the like.
Inventor: FIDLER ALFRED
Filed: 1903-08-28
Granted: 1904-06-30
Abstract: 18,570. Fidler, A. Aug. 28. Sewage and foul waters, treating; settling.-In crawing off sludge from settling- tanks of the type described in Specification No. 19,249, A.D. 1897, admixture of the supernatant liquid is prevented by protecting the orifice of the sumps, such as b, with a plate h. The deposit is conveyed to the sump by a spiral blade a mounted on a revolving frame d, or by other means. On opening the valve k, the head of liquid in the tank forces the sludge along the pipe j into the reservoir l. This method obviates the use of the piston and perforated cover described in the former Specification.
Patent GB-190319641-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Receptacles or Vessels used for Cooling Liquids.
Inventor: FLYNN FRANCIS PIUS
Filed: 1903-09-11
Granted: 1904-10-11
Abstract: 19,641. Flynn, F. P., and Flynn, J. P. Sept. 11. Cooling liquids.- A conical or cupshaped vessel B, containing ice or other cooling - material is screwed into one end of a tube A containing the liquid to be cooled, and afterwards closed by a screw cap.
Patent GB-190324606-A (GB)
Title: Improved Compound for Branding Cattle, Horses, and the like Animals.
Inventor: PALMER JOHN EDWIN
Filed: 1903-11-12
Granted: 1904-01-28
Abstract: 24,606. Palmer, J. E. Nov. 12. Hides and skins, raw, treating.-Relates to a composition for removing hair from the hides of dead animals, and at the same time producing a permanent mark on the skin without permanently injuring it. The composition consists of a sulphometallic compound of the arsenic or copper group, preferably arsenic sulphides, combined with potash or soda, preferably the former, to which one or more alkaline or alkaline-earth sulphocyanides are added, preferably potassium and barium sulphocyanides. the whole being preferably mixed with glycerine, and tannin or a tannic compound, with or without boiling, and brought to the required consistency by means of an organic oil, tar, or tar oils, nitro-benzol, or mineral oils. If desired, either the sulphocyanide or the sulphometallic compound with potash can be omitted. The preferred composition consists of potassium sulpharsenite and sulphocyanide, barium sulphocyanide, glycerine, tannin, and tar or oil.
Patent GB-190326152-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pianoforte Actions.
Inventor: BILLINGS FREDERICK CHRISTPHOR
Filed: 1903-11-30
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 26,152. Billings, F. C. Feb. 12, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Pianofortes.-On the hammer or centre rail A of the action are secured flanged pieces of spring metal of the form shown in Fig. 2. Each is bent on itself to form a bearing B' for the pivot D of a hammer butt E<1>, or the pivot D<1> of a damper F. The part B<4> is formed with a flange B<5> which engages a longitudinal groove in the rail A, and also with upwardly-turned lugs B<6> which receive a bushed pin for the coil of the spring H or I which controls the hammer or damper pivoted in the bearing B<2>. Screws C, C<1> secure the flanged pieces to the rail A. The improvement can be applied to parts of the action other than the hammer and damper.
Patent GB-190400307-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cork Compositions.
Inventor: LENHART PHILIP FREDRICK
Filed: 1904-01-05
Granted: 1904-02-18
Abstract: 307. Lenhart, P. F., and Ingersoll, H. L. Jan. 5. Cork, artificial; cork, treating.-A cork composition is formed by compressing in a mould alternate layers of cork shavings, and cork shavings treated with a solution of calcium chloride, sodium carbonate, and glue. The composition is dried under pressure, preferably by a current of air. The moulds may be of such a form that the cork will not require subsequent cutting or shaping. Glycerine may be added to the solution, and the calcium chloride may be omitted.